I Look Forward To The Future -

A Reporter Once Asked Me If I Ever Cried. I Wonder If People Think I'm Just As Hard As A Rock And Have No Emotions At All.

When I'm Working I Actually Forget To Eat. I Don't Eat Sweets Because I Don't Care About Them. I Have No Real Secrets. I Just Realize That As I Get Older I Should Stay Strong So I Exercise More.

My Life Has Often Been Described As 'from Rags To Riches' But In Fact, The Ross's Were Never Raggedy.

I Keep A Great Organiser, I Try To Keep My Priorities In The Right Place.

I'm From A Singing Family, But They're Not Professional Singers, Only Gospel - My Grandfather Was A Minister. I Started To Sing The Music That Was Out Then Because My Mother Used To Play It All The Time. It Was The End Of The '50s, The Beginning Of The '60s. There Was Frankie Lyman And The Teenagers, Etta James... We Used To Sit Outside On The Stoop And Sing. We Even Used To Put Our Radios And Record Players Outside.